Taylor, Ula Y.,

The promise of patriarchy : women and the Nation of Islam / Ula Yvette Taylor. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Mrs. Clara Poole -- Building a movement, fighting the devil -- Allah Temple of Islam families : the Dillon report -- Controlling the black body : internal and external challenges -- World War II : women anchoring the Nation of Islam -- Flexing a new womanhood -- Nation of Islam womanhood, 1960-1975 -- The royal family -- The appeal of black nationalism and the promise of prosperity -- Modesty, marriage, and motherhood.



9781469633947


Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)--History--20th century.


Black Muslims--Social conditions.
African American women--Social conditions--History--20th century.
Muslim women--Social conditions--History--United States--20th century.
Patriarchy.


Electronic Books.

BP221 / .P766 2017